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BOARD  OF  DIRECTORS 


SVIA'ICSTICR   W.  Bl'ACII,  I)    IV, 

JOHN   R.  OAVIES    !).  D  ,       - 

MARCl'S  A.  I'.ROWNSON.  Ir.  f)  , 

JOHN   F.  f'ATn:RSt)N,  I).  I)., 

Rkv.  FREDI'RICK   W.  I.Oli  ISCIIICR,  I'h.  I) 


Term  to  Expire  May,   1910 

Rev   LOUIS  •.i'JRTON  CRANE, 
GEORGE  FRANCIS  GREivNE,  D.  \V. 
SILAS  B.  HROWNELL.  LI,    I) 
CHAR1,ES   H.  RLVTHEWS,  Hun  . 
H.  S.  PRENTISS  NICHOLS.  Eso.,     . 


I'KINCKTON 
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l'Hl.,All]':i.l'HIA 

Okanc.k.  N.  J. 

I'HILAUELI'HIA 


GEORGE  ALEXANDER,  D.  D., 
MAITLANI)  ALEXANDl'R,  U.  I). 
JOHN  FOX,  D.  I)  , 
DONALD  (UirHRli;.  I)    D  . 
WALLACIC   RADCLlJ'l'IC,  I).  D.,  I, 


NtW  VOKK  CiTV 

-  PlTTSIlUUGH,  Pa 

F:ast  Okancp.,  N.  J. 

-  Haltimouk,  Md. 
Washington  Citv 


HOWARD  DUFFIELD,  D.  D  , 
WILLIAM   L,  McEWAN.  I)    1)., 
J.  ROSS  STEVENSON,  D.  I)  , 
FVrHELHERT  D.  WARllELD, 
JOHN   B.  LAIRD,  D    D  , 


MATTHEW  NEWKIRK, 
JOHN  DIXON,  D.  1)., 
JAMES  H.  WIKOEF,  M. 
JOHN  FOX,  D.  D  ,      - 
JOHN  II    CONVERSE.,  L 
THOMAS  W.  SVNNOTT, 
|-.    FRANCIS  IIVDI':    Es<, 
I)A\'ID    M  AC.IE,  D    D  , 
WILLIAM   W.  RNOX,  I). 
NATHANIEL  TOOKER. 


Term  to  Expire  May,  1911 

ROBERT  S    INGLIS.  D.  D  , 
ROBERT  P.  KERR,  D.  D., 
Hon   WILLIAM  M.  LANNING. 
MORRIS  H.  STRATTON.  F;su  , 
JOHN-H.  CONVERSE,  LL    D., 

Term  to  Expire  May,  1912 

Ni-.w  VouK  CiTV      I       HENRY  COLLIN  MINTON.  D.  D 
PrrTsmiKOH,  Pa.     |      Rev.  C.  A.  RODNICY  JANVlliR, 
LOGAN  C.  MURRAY,  Eso  , 
JOHN  J.  McCOOK,  LL.  D  ,      - 
ELISHA   H.  PERKINS,  Eso, 


Baltimore,  Md. 

I)  ,  LL    I)..      Easton,  Pa. 

Philadelphia 


BOARD  OF  TRUSTEES 


D.  D., 

PnlLADliLPHIA 

-     Tkknton,  N.  J. 

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Princeton,  N   J 

fvAST  ^)RA^GE,  N.  J. 

L.  D., 

Philadelphia 

Eso., 

-     Whnonaii,  N.  J 

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NhW  N'ORK  CiTV 

-     New  York  CiTV 

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New  Brdnsuick,  N.  J. 

Eso  , 

f:ast  Orange,  N.  J. 

HENRY  D.  MOORE.  Esg  , 
FRANCIS  B.  GRIFFIN,  Esq., 
FRANCIS  L.  PATTON,  D.  D.,  LL. 
HENRY  W   GREEN,  Esq., 
Rev   C.  a.  RODNEY  JANVIER, 
Hon    WILLIAM  M.  LANNING, 
CHARLES  H.  MATHEWS,  Esq., 
JAMES  H.  POST,  Esq  , 
WILLIAM  P.  STEVENSON,  E.so., 
W.  BEATTV  JENNINGS,  I).  D.,     - 


i'.LI/.AXiRrH,   N.  J. 
C'RANIORln   N.  J. 

New  York  Citv 
Philadelphia 
Philadelphia 


Newark,  N.  J. 

Baltimore.  Md 

Trenton,  N.  J 

Salem,  N.J. 

Philadiclphia 


D.,    Tricnton,  N.  J. 

1'iiilade;i.1'hia 

Louisville,  Kv. 

New  York  City 

Baltimore,  Mu. 


Haduoni-ield,  N.  J. 

New  York  Citv 

Princeton,  N.  J. 

Trenton,  N.  J. 

Pll  iladelphia 

Trenton,  N. J 

Phii.adi;i.piiia 

New  York  City 

ROSELI.E     N.  J. 

Philadelphia 


HISTORY 

NE  HUNDRED  YEARS  AGO,  IN  MAY,  OF  THE  YEAR  1810,  the  (.eneial  Assembly 
of  the  Presbyterian  Church  in  the  United  vStates  of  America  passed  an  act  to  establish  a 
Theological  Seminary.  It  met  with  a  favorable  response  and  resulted  in  opening  at  Princeton 
Nevv  Jersey,  in  Au!;---\  L81P, 
"THE  THEOLOGICAL  SEMINAKV  OF  THE  PRESBYTERIAN  CHUUCH  IN  THE  UMTEI)  STATES  OF  AMERICA." 
A  Plan  of  Tiik  Skminarv  was  adopted  by  the 
General  Assemlily  in  order  that,  "The  design  of  the 
institution  may  be  known  to  the  public  and  that  lif)th  now 
and  in  time  to  come  the  design  be  distinctly  viewed  and 
sacredly  regarded  both  by  teachers  and  pupils."  Among 
other  things  the  Plan  states  that  the  purpose  of  this  Sem- 
inary "  is  to  form  men  for  the  Gosjiel  Ministry  who  shall 
truly  believe  and  cordially  love  and  therefore  endeavor  to 
propagate  and  defend  in  its  genuineness,  simplicity  and 
faithfulness  that  s\stem  of  religious  belief  and  practice 
which  is  set  forth  in  the  Confession  of  Faith,  Catechism 
and  Plan  of  Goven\ment  and  I)isci]iline  of  the  I'resby- 
terian  Church.  ♦  »  *  »  it  is  to  unite  in  those  who 
shall  sustain  the  ministerial  office,  religion  and  literature, 
*  *  ■^  piety  of  heart  with  solid  learning ;  believiug 
that  religion  without  learning  and  learning  without  religion  in  the  minister  of  the  Gospel  must  ultimately 
prove  injurious  to  the  Church.  »  »  *  It  is  to  provide  for  the  Church  men  who  shall  be  able  to  defend  her 
faith  again.st  infidels  and  her  doctrir.c  against  heretics.  *  »  •  It  is  to  furnish  our  congregations  with 
enlightened,  humble,  zealous,  laborious  pastors  who  shall  truly  watch  for  the  good  of  souls.  -  *  "  It  is  to 
bring  to  the  .service  of  the  Church  genius  and  talent  united  with  piety.  »  »  »  It  is  to  furnish  a  nursery  for 
nii.ssionaries  to  the  heathen  and  trt  such  as  are  destitute  of  the  stated  preaching  of  the  Gos])el." 


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For  almost  one  luiiulifil  years  this  Seminary  has  tried  to  be  faithful  to  its  trust  and  has  furnished  to  the 

Church  that  established  it  men  of  missionary  zeal,  evangelistic  fervor,  pastoral  loyalty  and  scholarly  ability. 

From  the  r.bo\  e  Plan  the  Seminary  cannot  depart  until  the  Presby- 
terian Church  changes  it.  Princeton  Seminary's  position  is  as  well 
known  as  that  of  its  founder  and  controller — the  Presbyterian  Church. 
A  great  agitation  has  been  carried  on  recently  in  the  secular  as  well 
as  the  religious  press  for  a  widening  of  the  scope  of  theological 
training.  But  one  of  the  largest  and  most  influential  Presbyteries  of 
the  Fast  — Newark — when  asked  recently  to  permit  a  student  for  the 
ministry  to  sub,>:titute  an  e.\aminatiou  in  Sociology  for  one  in  Hebrew, 
resolved  that  hereafter  no  student  for  the  ministry  under  the  care  of 
that  Presbytery  should  substitute  any  elective  for  any  of  the  studies 
required  by  the  Book  of  Discipline  of  the  Presbyterian  Church  without 
special  permission  of  the  Presbytery.  So  long  as  the  majority  of  the 
■      Presbyteries  of  the  Presbyterian   Church  thus  insist  on  the  study  of 

the  Old  and  New  Testaments  in  the  original  tongues,  Princeton   Seminary   will  be  fourd   ready   to   furnish 

them  with  the  highest  facilities  for  such  ci'Huve. 

On  the  other  lunui,  it  is  the  efiort  of  the  Hor.id  of  Directors  and  the   Faculty  to  jirovide  the  broadest 

possible  Iraiumg  consistent  with  thoroughness.     The  curriculum  will   not   be  sjuead  to  shallowness,  but  it 

will  l)e  made  as  coiniireheiisive  as  the  time  of  the  course  will  i)ermit. 

The  Last  General  Assembly,  sitting  in  Denver  in  May,  1909,  took  up  the  matter  of  Theological 
Ivducation.  The  Assembly  in  answer  to  an  overture  from  the  Presbytery  of  Brooklyn  and  others  resolved 
to  "appoint  a  conniiillcc  to  consider  the  whole  matter  of  trainini^  our  yo7inr  7,-ien  for  an  efficient  ministry. 
The  subject  to  he  considered  in  its  relations  to  our  present  and  urgent  social  needs  the  ivork  of  the  tnissiou 
field  at  home  and  abroad  and  the  business  methods  of  practical  church  administration."  Princeton  Seminary 
will  be  found  in  hearty  accord  wnth  this  action.  We  note  that  the  Moderator  of  the  General  Assembly 
that   pas.sed  this    resolution  was    the   retiring    President  of  the   Princeton   Seminary   Alumnae   Association, 


BROWN    HALL 


Rev.  James  M.  Barkley,  D.  D.,  Pastor  of  Forrest  Avenue  Presbyterian  Church,  Detroit.  The  Chairman  of 
the  Committee  who  introduced  the  resolution  was  one  of  Princeton's  younger  sons  and  loyal  supporters, 
Rev.  John  Mcnowell,  D.  D.,  of  the  Park  Presbyterian  Church  of  Newark,  an  authority  on  Christian 
Sociology.  The  Chairman  of  the  Special  Committee  appointed  to  "consider  the  wliole  matter,"  Rev.  J. 
Ritchie  Smith,  D.  U.,  of  Market  Square  Church,  Harrisburg,  Pa.,  is  the  son  of  a  former  Director  of  Princeton 
Seminary  and  himself  an  ex-President  of  Princeton  Seminary  Alumni  Association. 

Rut  we  take  additional  pleasure  in  calling  attention  to  the  fact  that  before  the  General  y\ssenibly  had 
taken  up  the  question.  Princeton  Seminary's  directorate  and  faculty  had  already  done  so.  Rev.  William 
L.  McEwan,  D.  D.,  of  the  Third  Church,  Pittsburg,  the  candidate  of  the  Svnod  of  Pennsylvania  for  the 
Moderatorship  at  the  last  Assembly,  had  been  appointed  Chairman 
of  a  Committee  of  the  Board  of  Directors  to  canvass  the  whole 
matter  of  modern  demands  for  ministerial  training ;  and  Rev. 
Henry  C.  Minton,  D.  D.,  LL.  D.,  Pastor  of  the  First  Church  of 
Trenton  and  an  ex-Moderator  of  the  General  Assembly,  had  lieen 
appointed  Chairman  of  a  Sub-Committee  to  co-operate  with  the 
faculty  in  arranging  a  curriculum  that  will  embrace  so  far  as 
possible  everyiliinp;  tssen'ial  to  the  modern  equipment  of  pn 
efficient  ministry. 

Two  years  ago  the  Board  of  Directors  elected  Rev.  Charles 
R.  F.rdnian,  of  the  First  Church  of  Germantown,  Professor  of 
Practical  Theology,  in  answer  to  the  call  they  felt  the  Church 
was  making  for  a  masterly  presentation  of  the  English  Bible,  as  well  as  the  scholarly  study  of  the 
Scriptures  in  the  original  languages.  These  facts  are  proof  that  the  Seminary  has  been  actively  and 
earnestly  seeking  the  best  intere.sts  of  the  young  men  preparing  for  the  Chri.stian  Ministry;  and  these 
names,  and  the  names  of  the  members  of  the  faculty  and  Boards  of  Directors  and  Tru.stees,  and  the  positions 
they  hold  in  the  Church  to-day,  show  that  the  Seminary  is  in  touch  with  the  world  of  lo-day,  and  that 
those  directing  its  affairs  are  mainly  men  who  have  been  called  by  the  Church  at  lariL^e  to  imi)ortant 
fields  of  activity  and  know  from  actual  service  the  needs  of  the  church  of  the  present. 

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STUART   HALL 


LOCATION 


A  glance  at  the  map  will  sliow  the  advantageous  location  of  Princeton  Seniinar>-  hjr  the  practical 
study  of  our  present  anil  urgent  social  needs.  It  lies  midway  between  New^  York  and  l'hiladel])l'ia  tlie 
metropolitan  centre  of  the  Hastern  coast.  It  is  situated  near  tlie  centre  of  the  Filth  Sximd  ui  !'resl)\  fcrian 
Church  in  si/e  and  between  New  VovU  and  Pennsylvania,  the  First  and  Second  .SynoiL^  in  -  i>.<-  'Phese 
three  Synods  contain  one-fourth  of  all  our  churches,  about  one-half  of  the  Church's  membership  ;  and  they 
contribute  about  four-sevenths  of  all  the  Benevolent  funds,  the  Synod  of  New  Jersey  being  fir.st 
proportionately  in  this  respect.  It  lies  on  high  and  healthful  ground,  three  miles  from  the  main  line  of  the 
Pennsylvania  Railroad,  within  one  hour's  ride  of  the  great  cities,  but  far  enough  removed  from  them  to  l)e 
free  from  their  distractions  to  a  stutlious  life. 

The  local  atmosphere  of  Princeton  is  (luickening  to  the  .student  and  the  whole  environment  teeming 
with  the  practical  problems  of  present  day  life.  The  country  is  just  behind;  the  city  just  before. 
Country  and  village   church  work    may    be   studied   within   walking  distance.       The   largest    metropolitan 

churches   and  the  most  varied  city  mission  work  in   the  world 
may  be  visited  in  an  hour's  journey. 

Opportunity  for  the  Study  of  City  Work  is  provided 
for  the  students.  Two  years  ago  Mr.  John  H.  Converse,  a 
trustee  of  the  Seminary  and  Chairman  of  the  General  Assem- 
bly's Committee  on  livaugelistic  Work,  made  liberal  jirovis- 
ion  for  a  systematic  visitation  of  the  churches  and  missions 
of  Philadelphia  by  the  students  to  study  and  engage  in 
evangeli.stic  work.  This  was  so  successful  that  the  Hoard  of 
Directors  has  i>rovided  for  a  continuation  of  such  work, 
including  with  Philadelphia,  Greater  New  York  and  the 
million-souled  cities  of  New  Jersey.  This  work  is  under 
supervision  l)y  the  faculty  and  in  charge  of  the  department  of 
Practical  Theology. 


LENOX    LIBRARY 


MISSIONARY  ACTIVITY 

The  Assembly's  Committee  on  Theologi":al  Seminaries 
''^  also  charged  to  "  study  their  relation  to  the  Mission  Fields  at 
Home  and  Abroad."  Missionarj'  meetings  addressed  by  promi- 
nent pastors  and  lay  workers  are  held  at  least  once  a  month 
dnring  the  seminary  year.  Amongst  recent  sjiecial  speakers 
have  been  such  men  as  Dr.  Grenfell,  of  Labrador;  Dr.  Baird, 
of  Korea,  and  Dr.  Underwood,  of  Porto  Rico.  Mr.  Robert  E. 
Speer  was  engaged  as  sjiecial  lecturer  on  Foreign  Missions  for 
this  past  year  on  his  return  from  his  tour  of  the  South  American 
stations.  These  special  lecturers  remain  at  the  Seminary  as 
guests  for  some  time,  and  the  personal  contact  with  such  men 
constitutes  one  of  the  greatest  privileges  of  seminary  life.  This 
missionary  lectureship  is  supported  by  a  liberal  endowment, 
enabling  the  Seminary  to  secure  the  most  inspiring  and 
instructive  missionary  lectures  that  "can  be  obtained. 

Pkomini-.nt  Ri;t,ioiou.s  Wokkkks  are  engaged  for  every  Tuesday  night  dnring  the  seminary  year. 
Thus  the  students  have  the  opportunity  of  hearing  as  many  and  as  great  a  variety  of  men  inominent  in  the 
various  idia.ses  of  missions,  practical  religions  work  and  spiritual  life,  as  any  city  on  the  continent  can  afford. 
And,  because  thev  are  brought  within  the  seminary  grounds,  at  an  economy  of  time  to  the  students  not 
possible  in  city  schools.  >• 

CONFERENCE  FOR  RELIGIOUS  WORKERS 

Once  a  year  a  religious  conference,  at  which  the  note  of  evangelism  is  pre-eminent  and  the  purpose 
of  which  is  the  deepening  of  the  spiritual  life,  is  held.  This  conference  is  under  the  eflficient  leadership  of 
Rev.  Dr.  John  R.  Davies,  of  Philadelphia,  a  member  of  the  Board  of  Directors.  It  is  largely  attended  not 
only  by  the  student  body  but  by  ministers  of  surrounding  synods,  attracted  by  the  splendid  list  of  speakers 
always  secured  for  the  occasion. 

Tun  Spikitum.  Lifk  and  atmosjiliere  of  the  Seminary  has  been  one  of  its  marked  characteristics:  no 
slander  has  e\-er  been  connected  with  the  institution. 


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PROXIMITY  TO  THE  CENTRE  OF  CHURCH  ACTIVITY. 

AnotliL-i  acl\-;uitage  ol  tlif  Seminary's  location  is  tlie  pi-oxiniity  to  the  olTices  of  yreat  adniinisl 
aj^encies  of  tlit;  chnicli-the  Hoards  of  Home  and  Koreif^n  Missions  and  College  Aid,  the  American 
Society-   and    American    Trad    Society,    in     New   York,  and    the    lioards   of    Ministerial    Keiiel,  Mini 

I'.dncation  and  Sabliatli 

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Work  in    Philadelphia. 

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Seminary      exercises. 

Members    of    all    these 

Boards      being      rejne-  lenox  reference  l 

sented  on  Seminary's  Hoards  and  vise  versa. 
li.rowsilH'S   AND    iMvr:   t^vi/.ics   lend    inspiialion    to   s'.ndy   to   tlie    unde, -i;  radn. 
liclp  to  th-  siicccs^t;;!  ^-p-ian'.s. 

OPPORTUNITIES  FOR  PREACHING. 

The  primary  ]uirpose  of  Princeton  .Seminary  is  to  provide  instruction  for  students  for  the  iniiiislr\-. 
But  along  with  this  consideralile  opportunity  is  afforded  the  young  men  to  "exercise  tlieir  gilts."  The 
vSeuiinary  is  nearer  a  larger  numljcr  of  Presbyterian  churches  than  any  oilier  seininarv,  and  encouragement 
to  i)ractice  in  preaching  is  given  so  far  as  it  does  not  interfere  with  tlie  more  important  work  of  ineparatiou 
for  jHeaching. 


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UNIVERSITY    PRIVILEGES. 

The  ])rii\iiiiit\-  to  the  t^rent  University  is  one  of  the  greatest  advantni^es  to  tlie  Seniinar\-  stndents. 
Not  onl\-  its  lectures  hnt  its  lii)raries  anil  gyninasivini  are  ojjen  to  them.  (Graduates  of  other  colleges  may 
pursue  during  their  seminar)- course  elective  courses  in  the  University,  and  on  successful  completion  of  a 
two  >-ears'  course  of  tliree  liours  a  week  receive  the  Master's  des^ree  from  the   Universitv. 


UNIVERSITY  LECTURES. 

tn  addition  to  the  s])ecial  lectures  given  at  the  .Seminary 
each  year,  llie  presence  at  the  University  of  so  many  disting- 
uished guests  emineut  as  scientists,  statesmen,  authors,  lec- 
turers ami  preachers,  gives  the  students  the  o])])ortunity  of 
hearing  as  varied  and  noted  an  arrav  of  talent  as  would  be 
]K)Ssil)le  anywhere. 


POST  GRADUATE  WORK. 

The  largel\-  increased  faculty  of  recent  j-cars  is  due  to 
the  University  idea  adopted  several  years  ago,  wfiich  has 
been  emiuenth-  successful.  The  purpose  has  been  to  make  the  Seiuinar\-  n  ]Hodncer  not  onlv  of  Christian 
preachers  but  also  of  Christian  scholars.  Men  with  sjiecial  aptitude  for  certain  lines  of  work  may  thus 
pursue  research  along  chosen  lines  further  than  would  be  jiossible  in  the  regular  course.  The  ]iopularity 
of  this  privilege  is  shown  in  the  fact  that  from  fifteen  to  thirty-five  men  have  been  found  in  the  ]iost- 
graduate  dejiartment  each  year  since  its  ince])tion.  Princeton  offers  a  post-graduate  school  in  Theology 
of  particular  value  to  graduates  of  other  seminaries  where  the  Cahinistic  System  has  not  been  jiresented 
at  all  or  presented  in  an  nnfa\-orable  way.  'I'his  is  es])eciany  \alnable  for  men  desiring  to  enter  the 
ministry  of  any  of  the  l'resb\teiinn  or  Reformed  Churches,  and  is  of   great   \-aIne   to   ministers   who,  after  a 


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period  of  service,  desire  to  return  to  the  Seminary  for  refresliment 
and  stimulus.  The  degree  of  B.  D.  may  be  secured  by  students 
pursuing  the  regular  course  and  taking  prescribed  extra  curriculum 
work,  as  well  as  by  post-graduate  students.  For  information  in 
regard  to  any  of  these  courses  address  the  Secretary  of  the  Faculty, 
Rev.  Paul  Martin,  Princeton,  N.  J. 

Post  graduate  and  extra  curriculum  courses  are  provideil  in 
each  department :  In  the  English  Bible,  Church  History,  Systennitic 
Theology,  Apologetics,  as  well  as  in  the  critical  study  of  the 
Scriplures  in  the  original  tongues  and  in  all  tjie  languages  bearing 
n])on  the  interpretation  and  criticism  of  the  Scri])tures.  To  tiie 
graduates  of  other  seminaries  or  ministers  desiring  to  pursue  a  post- 
graduate   course    the    Seminary    will    extend    the    same    privileges. 


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instruction  that  are  accorded  the  under-gradnates 


Tlie  rejjort  of  the  Committees  of  the  Board  of  Directors 
and  the  Faculty  on  the  rearrangement  of  the  curriculum, 
already  approved  by  the  Board,  provides  that  the  courses  of 
post-graduate  work  already  established  and  inaintained  shall  be  made 
more  definite  and  still  better  filed  to  equip  voum;  men  7vho  aspire  to 
become  experts  in  their  chosen  lines  of  7vork .  '  and  provides  further 
for  "such  a  modif  cation  of  the  present  under  graduate  course  of 
study  *  *  *  that  there  shall  be  made  place  and  time  for  a  fuller 
treatment  of  the  rubric  of  social  ethics  covering  the  practical  duties  of 
the  Christian  nmiistcr  *  «  »  Also  that  if  the  way  seem  clear 
to  the  Board  lectures  be  provided  for  the  students  from  men  both 
clerical  and  lay  of  promi)ient  Christian  character  who  have  achieved 
distinction  in  the  civil  and  social  service  of  the  community. ' ' 


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THE  FACULTY  OF  PRINCETON 

Prksiiiknt  I'attun,  who,  '••(.■  l-elifve,  is  recognized  as  a  leading  piiiiosophicai  theologian  of  this 
conntry,  is  not  a  student  of  Historic  Philosophy  and  Theology  only,  but  is  conversant  with  present  day 
philosophical  and  theological  and  sociological  theories.  He  has  been  delivering  a  series  of  lectures  in 
lironiinent  centres  of  religious  and  educational  activities  this  winter  that  demonstrates  his  ability  to  present 
tlie  position  of  the  Christian  Church  on  all  these  much  discussed  questions  with  the  same  keenness  of 
perception  that  has  alwaj-s  been  characteristic  of  his  public  utterances.  President  Patton  was  a  pastor  in 
Nyack,  New  York  City  and  Chicago:  a  Professor  of  Theology  in  McCormick  Theological  vSeminary  ; 
President  of  Princeton  University —  so  that  he  brings  to  the  Seminary  life  the  rich  experience  of  a  varied  and 
useful  career. 

Dr.  Wakkiic I.I),  Professor  of  Didactic  and  Polemic  Theology,  acted  for  a  short  time  as  Pastor  in 
Concord,  Ky.,  Dayton,  Ohio,  and  First  Church,  Baltimore,  before  he  was  called  to  the  chair  of  Greek 
I^xegesis  in  Western  Theological  Seminary  at  Allegheny,  from  whence  he  was  called  to  the  chair  that  he 
lias  so  successfully  filled  at  Princeton.  No  man  in  this  country  to-day  has  written  more  in  explication  and 
defense  of  the  system  of  truth  to  which  the  Presbyterian  Church  holds  than  he.  He  ranks  as  one  of  the 
most  eminent  and  erudite  theologians  of  the  day. 

Dk.  Gkici-:n7C,  Professor  of  Apologetics,  has  been  lecturing  j,,  Iiis  regular  course  on  Christian 
Sociology.  He  has  not  only  the  scholarly  ability,  but  has  had  also  the  ])ractical  experience  deemed  by 
many  so  important  for  this  department.  He  began  his  ministry  as  pastor  of  the  First  Presbyterian  Church 
of  Ho.ston,  and  at  the  time  of  election  to  the  professorskip  was  pastor  of  the  Tenth  Presbyterian  Church, 
Philadelijhia,  so  that  his  sociology  is  not  tlieoretical  only  but  it  is  al.so  practical  and  essentially  Christian. 

I)K.  I)i.;WiTT,  Professor  of  Church  History,  was  a  pastor  for  several  years  in  Irvington,  Boston  and 
Philadelpliia  and  a  professor  in  Lane  and  McCormick  Seminaries  before  being  called  to  Princeton,  because 
he  was  considered  the  best  equipped  man  in  the  country  for  the  position  which  he  fills.  He  adds  to 
schnlnrly  and  comprehensive  inlonuation  on  his  subject  the  power  of  keen  analysis  and  graphic  description. 

Pu(n-.  Krdm  AN  was  pastor  of  the  P'irst  Church  at  Germaiitow  n,  with  more  than  1,000  members,  anrl 
while  luinistering  to  this  cultured  congregation,  for  many  years  was  lender  of  the  work  amongst  the  men 
of  the  R.  R.  Y.  M.  C.  A.  before  he  was  called  to  the  chair  of  Practical  Tlieology.  He  is  in  great  demnnd 
at  Noilhfield  and  other  religious  assemblies  and  International  babbath  School  and  Mission  Conferences  as 
a  ])opular  speaker  and  teuclier. 


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In  addition  to  tliese  men  who  have  had  tlie  experience  of  ]iastors  as  well  as  teachers,  Princeton  is 
equipped  with  specialists,  so  necessary  in  this  day  of  specialization,  particularly  in  those  dejiartiuents  where 
such  specialization  is  needed. 

Dr.  Davis  was  Hebrew  fellow  of  his  class  in  Princeton  Seminary  and  studied  at  Leipzig  and  Bonn 
Universities.  No  one  who  knows  questions  Dr.  Davis'  qualifications  for  the  chair  of  Oriental  and  Old 
Testament  literature,  as  practically  all  his  life  has  been  spent  in  pursuing  studies  along  this  line.  He  is 
the  author  of  a  well-known  Bible  Dictionary  bearing  his  name. 

Dr.  Vos  was  Hebrew  fellow  of  Princeton  Seminary;  studied  at  Berlin  and  Strasburg  ;  was  elected 
Professor  of  Theology  in  the  Holland  Christian  Reformed  Seminary,  and  from  there  was  called  to  the  chair 
of  Biblical  Theology  at  Princeton  Seminary.  Besides  making  the  new  department  of  Biblical  Theology 
particularly  his  own  he  is  equally  distinguished  as  an  academic  preacher  of  high  order.  To  an  exceptionally 
comprehensive  scholarship  he  adds  personal  devotion  to  the  Reformed  Theology  and  the  Doctrines  of  Orace. 

Dr.  Wii.,^()N  graduated  from  Princeton  University  and  Allegheny  Seminary.  He  jmrsued  his  studies 
in  Germany,  was  called  to  Western  Seminary  at  Allegheny  as  Professor  of  Heluew,  and  from  there  to  the 
chair  of  Semitic  Philology  and  Old  Testament  Criticism  in  Princeton.  Dr.  Wilson,  after  nearl\-  thirty  years' 
preparation  for  this  work,  is  thoroughly  equipped  to  teach  on  all  subjects  requiring  familiarity  with  the 
cognate  languages  of  Old  Testament  literature.  He  was  one  of  the  popular  speakers  at  Orove  City  and 
Winona  Bible  Conferences  last  year. 

Proi-*.  Arm.sTR9MO,  still  a  young  man,  graduated  from  Princeton  Seminary  in  1897  ;  studied  at 
Marburg,  Berlin  ask!  Krlange'i  ,  because  of  special  aptitude  as  a  Greek  scholar,  after  serving  as  an 
instructor  for  several  years  in  the  department  he  was  made  jirolessor  of  New  Testament  Literature  and 
Exegesis.  He  is  familiar  with  every  phase  of  New  Testament  Criticism,  and  is  already  recognized  as  one 
of  the  coming  leaders  in  this  department  of  Christian  teaming. 

Assisting  these  are  Dr.  Hodgr,  in  the  department  of  Theology  ;  studied  at  Heidelberg  and  Berlin 
and  taught  in  Princeton  University  and  Lafayette  College.  He  is  widely  read  and  thoroughly  familiar  with 
that  department  of  religious  literature  in  which  his  family  and  uame  have  given  such  prominence  to  Princeton. 

Dr.  Bovd,  in  the  department  of  Oriental  and  Old  Testament  Literature,  was  a  Princeton  Seminary 
fellow  in  Hebrew  and  a  student  of  iCrlangen  University.  He  is  a  young  man  of  great  linguistic  gifts,  the 
author  of  a  new  text  of  the  PUhiopic  Octoteuch,  which  will  be  the  standard  text. 

Proi".  M.\cMii.LAN,  in  the  department  of  Church  History;  is  a  graduate  of  Toronto  University  and 
Princeton  Seminar}-  and  student  in  Berlin  Uuiversity.  A  man  with  literary  gifts,  an  Assyrian  scholar 
familiar  with  Semitic  Philology,  which  he  taught  most  acceptably  before  being  made  instructor  in  the 
department  of  Church  History. 

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Pkok.  Machkn,  instructor  in  New  Testament  department.  A  graduate  and  prize  winner  at  Johns 
Hopkins  Uiii versit\-.  His  researches  on  the  question  of  the  Virgin  birth  are  quoted  I)}'  Dr.  Orr  in  his 
treatise  of  tliis  subject.  He  won  a  Princeton  Seminary  Greek  fellowship  in  his  class;  studied  at  Marburg 
and  Gottiugen. 

Dr.  Cotton,  after  a  successful  pastorate  of  eighteen  years,  was  called  as  instructor  in  Hebrew 
because  of  special  qualifications  for  this  position.  His  ability  has  been  recognized  by  Louisville  Seminary, 
which  has  extended  him  a  call  to  the  Hebrew  professorship. 

The  Chair  of  Homiletics  is  not  permanently  filled.  For  the  present  Dr.  Ferdinand  Schenck,  the 
occupant  of  a  similar  chair  in  the  Dutch  Reformed  Seminary  at  New  Brunswick,  is  filling  the  position. 
Dr.  Schenck  is  author  of  two  books  bearing  on  the  subject  that  he  teaches.  The  Board  of  Directors  confi- 
dently expects  to  be  able  to  announce  the  acceptance  of  this  chair  by  next  fall  by  the  pastor  of  one  of  our 
leading  city  churches  who  has  previously  proven  himself  a  capable  instructor.  In  connection  with  this 
department  the  Seminary  furnished  an  extra  course  of  lectures  the  past  year  on  "  1  he  Art  of  Preaching," 
by  Rev.  John  Thomas,  M.  A.,  pastor  of  the  Myrtle  Street  Baptist  Church,  Manchester,  England,  and 
profes.sor  of  Homiletics  in  Manchester  College.  Other  special  lecturers  for  the  year  were  Louis  Fitzgekai.d 
HiCNSoN,  D.  D.,  editor  of  "  The  Hymnal,"  "  Stone  Lecturer"  for  this  year,  subject,  "  The  Hymnody  of  the 
ICnglish  Speaking  Churches;"  also  Rev.  Henkv  K.  Do.sker,  D.  D.,  LL.  D.,  professor  of  Church  History 
in  the  Theological  Seminary  of  Kentucky,  lecturer  on  New  Testament  Criticism,  subject,  "  Jesus,  in  German 
Theology  in  the  First  Decade  of  the  Twentieth  Century." 

The  Seminary  is  also  equipped  with  an  Instructor  in  Elocution  of  exceptional  ability,  a  man  of 
literary  taste  and  culture,  Prof.  Hknrv  Wii.scn  Smith,  a  graduate  of  Williams  College,  and  liefore  coming 
to  Princeton  in.structor  in  the  same  department  in  Williams  College  and   Boston  University. 

With  the  variety  of  equipment  of  men  trained  in  the  practical  work  of  the  pastorate  and  as  specialists 
in  the  great  universities,  the  Board  of  Directors  presents  with  confidence  a  faculty  than  which  as  a  whole, 
they  are  fully  persuaded  tliere  is  none  better  for  preparing  young  men  for  the  Christian  ministry,  and  one 
that  is  already  in  touch  with  "our  present  and  urgent  social  needs." 

THE  NINETY-NINTH  SESSION  OF  THE  SEMINARY  will  open  for  matriculation  of  new 
students  September  15tli,  19in.  On  September  14th  the  opening  address  will  be  made  at  11  o'clock  A.  M.  in 
Miller  Chapel.  In  adition  to  :-.n  excellent  faculty  the  Seminary  is  possessed  of  an  unsurpassed  e(iui]iment 
in  grounds  and  buildings.  Every  want  of  the  student  body  is  liberally  supjdied  and  the  expen.ses  of 
living  are  probably  lower  than  in  the  large  cities.  To  all  the  privileges  of  this  great  institution  the  Boards 
of  Directors  and  Trustees  and  Faculty  extend  to  every  worthy  aspirant  a  cordial  welcome. 

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STUDENTS. 

The  Seminary  openeti  last  fall  witli  an  increased  enrollment  in  the  Junior  Class  over  the  ])revious 
year.  Princeton  has  educated  about  one-qi'.arter  of  the  ministers  of  the  i'reshyterian  Clinrch  an<l  will 
l)rol)al)ly  continue  to  (nrnisli  a  like  hu.i;e  proportion. 

I^resident  Taft  may  have  been  rij^ht  aud  he  may  have  been  wrong  in  his  estimate  of  the  deterioration 
of  the  quality  of  men  studying  for  the  ministry  to-day.      We  present  a  ])icture  of  the   last  class  graduated 
at  Princeton  as  proof  of  the  fact  that  the  deterioration  that  may  be  general  lia,s  not   affected    Princeton.      Of 
these  thirty-seven  men,  twentj'  had  been  engaged  as  pastors  before  they 
graduated   from  the  Seminary,  three  now  are  assistants  in  large  city 
churches,    six   as   fellows   are  pursuing   courses  of    study   abroad,   and 
seven  have  accepted  calls  as  Foreign  Missionaries. 

The  cosmopolitan  character  of  Priucetou  Seminary  is  seen  in  tlie 
variety  of  the  colleges  represented.  Princeton  University,  three; 
the  Universities  of  Heidelberg,  Wooster,  McGill  (Canada),  Royal  (Ire- 
land) and  Alma,  Hamilton  and  Westminster  Colleges,  two  each  ;  one 
each  from  Rutgers,  Bellevue,  Centre,  Macalster,  York,  Newark  German, 
Coe,  Lafayette,  Lenox,  Gettysburg,  K'anklii:  and  Marshall,  Washing 
ton  and,  Jefferson,  Westminster  (Mo.),  and  New  Windsor  Colleges  and 
Harvard,  Cornell,  Washington,  Illinois,  Vanderbilt  and  Belfast  (Ire- 
land) Universities.      It  is  a  great  education  to  meet  with  men  from  such  variety  of  schools  of  ineparalion. 

The  Committee  of  the  Board  of  Directors  charged  with  the  duty  of  presenting  this  pamphlet  asks  for 
the  Seminary  the  earnest  prayers,  personal  interest,  loyal  support— financial  and  moral — of  all  Christians 
who  believe  in  training  men  to  believe  in  and  expound  the  Bible  as  The  Word  of  God,  and  especially 
that  system  of  theological  truth  known  as  Calvinism,  which  has  had  so  much  to  do  with  the  making  of 
American  History.  There  is  no  school  in  the  world  that  even  in  the  minds  of  opponents  is  more  capable 
and  faithful  in  presenting  and  expounding  this  proposition  and  system  than  the  one  that  bears  the  title 

"THE  THEOLOGICAL  SEMINAKY  OF  THE  PkESBYTERIAN  CHURCH  IN  THE  UNITED  STATES  OF  AMERICA." 


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